Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Miami boat shows would suffer if they coincide with Super Bowlhttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/
Soundings OnlineFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:31:44 +0000hourly1By: Arniehttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10514
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:34:40 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10514The hotels in the area are already sticking it to visitors and exhibitors. Where else can you stay at a Marriott Courtyard across from a class B strip club on a filthy road and pay over $400 per night? The day after the show…$150.

Add the Super Bowl in the area and those hotels will probably require our first born.

]]>By: Heidi Masohttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10512
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:28:15 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10512Nobody speaks about the poor tourists which come with their families from all over the world, they spend a lot of money to enjoy a beautiful tropical vacation – and not chaos, which the Super Ball and Boat Show at the same time would create. The already difficult parking situation would be impossible.
]]>By: vissionquesthttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10511
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:54:21 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10511The super bowl does have a profound impact on scheduling any activity that weekend. In the ski industry –the slopes are empty.
]]>By: Steve Morrellhttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10510
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:22:08 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10510this is the subject of my editorial in the February issue of Southwinds magazine (the only southern sailing magazine). It is the Miami Boat Show issue distributed at the Strictly Sail section. You can read my editorial online after the issue comes out on Feb 1. It is in print and online at http://www.southwindsmagazine.com. I write that it doesn’t matter if the game is held in Miami, since a majority of people will stay home anyway on Super Bowl Sunday no matter where the game is held. Holding it in Miami will only make matters worse. And once the Super Bowl gets hold of that weekend, they won’t let go and they have power that makes the Miami show look tiny. It’s not a good thing. I am not sure if the NMMA has enough power to stop it. Maybe. The only saving grace might be that the game starts at 6:30 sunday evening, but you can still kiss much of the afternoon off at the boat show if it’s held that weekend.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:09:10 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10509That’s fine…we have too many pesky buyers as it is.

Seriously, there are the foreign show attendees who care not a whit about Americansky Futbol, and as for the diehard NFL fans, hey, hop on your G IV, do the show on Thursday/Friday, and get to the Big Game in plenty of time for tailgate brats & brews.

One boat show does not a boat sale make, at least for most folks.

]]>By: Peter Anzo, CMMhttp://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10508
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:55:31 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10508I can tell you first hand, the Atlanta Boat Show on the Same Sunday as the Falcon’s playoff game against Seattle two weeks ago, was a total bust! Close in parking was upward of $60, and no one came to the show! At least the guy in the booth next two us had a TV so we could at least watch the game!
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:20:36 +0000http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2013/01/exclusive-miami-boat-shows-would-suffer-if-they-coincide-with-super-bowl/#comment-10507As an exhibitor we made a habit of avoiding booking shows that ran over the Superbowl. Sundays were Dead, Dead, Dead and a waste of good money.
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